Inchworms - The Larvae of Geometer Moths

The fascination with Inchworms

Most people encounter the inchworm at some point in their childhoods, either by walking into one of its stringy webs it hangs by, or inching a long some surface in their distinct manner. This site is an exploration of how the inchworm lives and their metamorphized state - the Geometer Moth.

The Geometer Moth

Inchworms are in fact the caterpillar form of the Geometry Moth. This classification represents a large family of moths numbering around 35,000 species.